Pencil clip



'J. R. FITTON.

PENCIL CLIP. APPLICATION men mm. 1921.

1,408,084, Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

v ATTORNEYS- Cir UNIT

JOHN ROBERT FITTON, 0F WOONSOGKET', RHODE ISLAND.

PENCIL CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Application filed April 4, 1921. Serial No. 458,424.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. Ficrron, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Woonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pencil Clips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates pencil CllpS, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

[in object of my invention is to provide a simple clip that is adapted to be applied to a pencil or pen casing and which has means for engaging with the fabric of a garment at spaced apart points, whereby the pencil is effectively held against movement relative to the garment.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described that consists of a spring member having'a portion thereof stiffened and adapted to be firmly secured to a pencil casing, or the like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel form of pencil clip that is inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly effective for the purpose intended, and practical commercially.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a view showing the clip operatively applied,

Figure 2 is a section along the line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a detail perspective of the device.

In the pencil clips of which I am aware, a substantially straight spring member secured at one end to a pencil or pen has a knob or the like at its free end for clamping a fabric against the pen or pencil that is to be held. The fabric is thus engaged at one point and in service the pen or pencil to be held is moved about that point as a pivot, frequently causing the clip to disengage the fabric. Furthermore, the gripping of the fabric at one point and the movement of the article held about that point very often damages the fabric, particularly if the fab- .ric is light in weight,

to improvements in as for instance in the pocket of a shirt. The objectionable features of the clips now in common use are obviated in my device since the fabric is engaged at spaced apart points and the tendency of the pencil or pen to move pivotally' is overcome without injury to the fabric.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 denotes the casing or barrel of a pencil or pen. The clip is indicated generally at 2 and embodies a strip of any suitable material having inherent resiliency, preferably a light metal. The strip consists of a A relatively wide end portion 3 curved to conform with the outer wall of the casing 1 and provided with spaced apart tangs l4: arranged to enter openings 55 through the wall of the casing 1 and being clinched at the inner side thereof to firmly secure the strip in'adjusted position relative to the casing, and a body portion 6 offset at 7 with respect to the end portion 3 and extending substantially parallel with the casing 1. The body portion 6 has an integral extension bent in a half loop 8 and then toward the end portion 3 substantially in the plane of the latter to provide a spring clamping member 9. It is important to note that the half loop 8 has a portion thereof extending beyond the main portion of the spring clamping member 9, that is, nearer to the casing 1. The spring clamping member 9 is bent adjacent its end to provide a half loop 10 that is also nearer to the casing 1 than the main portion.

thereof.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The body portion 6 is stiffened by securing a re enforcing member 11 thereto or by increasing the gauge thereof with respect to the resilient clamping member 9. A fabric 12, as for instance that in the pocket of a shirt, will be yieldingly land at the same time firmly clamped at two points to the casing 1 when inserted between the spring clamping member and the casing. The inherent resiliency of the spring clamping member will maintain the adjacent portions of the half loops 8 and 10 in constant clamping engagement with a fabric inserted between the clip and the casing and since such portions of the half loops are rounded, the fabric will not be damaged when firmly clamped to the casing.

The device is simple in construction and is therefore capable of being manufactured cheaply.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a resilient metal strip having an end portion adapted to be secured to a pencil casing, a relatively stifi' body portion ofi'- portion at one end and a resilient extension at its other end bent backwardly toward the ofl'set end portion, said offset portion having a fastening tang extending laterally of the side thereof remote from the body portion and said resilient extension being formed at a plurality of spaced apart points to project beyond the plane-of the side of the offset end tion.

3. A device of the character described comprising a body portion having an offset portion at one end adapted to engage a support and a resilient extension at its other end bent backwardly toward the offset end portion, said resilient extension being formed at its extremity and at the point of its junction with thebody portion to project beyond the plane of the side of the offset end portion remote from the body portion.

JOHN ROBERT FITTON.

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